The Importance of General Surgery Residency Program's Online Presence Varies Among Applicant Groups.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated an exclusively virtual 2021 residency application cycle. We hypothesized that residency programs' online presence would have increased utility and influence for applicants.

Methods

Substantial surgery residency website modifications were undertaken in the summer of 2020. Page views were gathered by our institution's information technology office for comparison across years and programs. An anonymous, voluntary, online survey was sent to all interviewed applicants for our 2021 general surgery program match. Five-point Likert-scale questions evaluated applicants' perspective on the online experience.

Results

Our residency website received 10,650 page views in 2019 and 12,688 in 2020 (P = 0.14). Page views increased with a

SUBMITTER: Quinn KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10249951 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature